triggerwarning do you know that your opinion, just like mine and everyone else's, is personal, then doesn't necessarily correspond to the truth? Do you know that not everyone likes the same things you do? And, uhm, do you know that "taste" is something absolutely personal? Do you know that I really don't care about your unpolitely expressed opinion? You don't like the show? Then go comment (politely, if you can) about something you can give a positive feedback about, cause you're not forced to read positive comments about this show. Keep your negativity away from me.

HéloïseAnnCarion lmao if you're so blind to not see that the handmaids r based on muslim women... I mean the things happening to them is soooo similar, the clothes, forced to have sex, forced to be covered, no rights, raped, punished, owned by the state, used as wombs, a saudi woman can totally be a handmaid, or u think that the handmaids r based on women under trumps presidency? Lmao

I don't understand people saying that it's muslim women inspired story. You have never been in East Europe did you? In Ukraine and Russia there are still places where women are treating more like a thing than a person. And USA? It wasn't more different in 80s. Ku klux clan? Anybody remembers? Hauting on homosexual people? Anybody remembers? In movies they are never showing us the part of the history our ancestors remember instead they are more likely to show us beautiful suburbs and perfect families which the biggest problem is where to go to the vacation. Handmaid's Tale is one of few shows showing us, humans, ourselves in stories that happened or could actually happen.

I’m sure that it is a interpretation of so many cultures and religions all rolled into one. Every where at some point no matter when and where or who had something happen in a similar way. Some to the extreme and some in less extreme ways. But one way or another it has happened in every part of the world at some point in some way.

msgatsby let's blame White people lol because only white rich people rape.. You are educated someone but that's she crap. All races are evil. No exception. All had their problems. Some still so. Don't put blames only on white rich people. And that statics one on three woman will be rape is hilarious. Facts dear friend? There are rapes yes but don't make things up

Sci-Fi? No, this is not a science fiction story! You all should realize that this is our past and our present and unfortunately our future. Women in Saudi Arabia can't drive, women in Afghanistan are forced to cover up in specific uniforms, women in some Asian countries are used by force as a birth machine for human and organs trade, women in THIS world in OUR world are beng used and abused sexually!! There’s women who do not own their own bodies because mafias own it! This is absolutely not a ficitional story, this is a true story but with different clothes and thoughts! There’s still some men in this world who doesn’t respect women and do not sees her equal with them, they only sees her as a sex toy. We should really be sad about this show story because it does REPRESENT our reality!! And by the way, The Handmaid’s Tale has been such an iconic amazing tv show, full of talented people and a lot of details which such an incredible cinematography, stories, characters, soundtrack and emotional moments.

attoomi get history lessons. At the beginning most deities were women. And real feminists would be ashamed of you. Women have equal rights in our western society, and don't give me the crap of the salary gap that I've seen top women sharks plus lawyers making more money than men.

In the meantime in the muslim world women cannot choose whom they marry... i still remember in one of my trips to a rich muslim country a good kind woman wanting to drive ambulances for a living but that she couldn't do it because women can't drive without the authorization of a male relative.

attoomi i know what women stood for, those were brave & wouldn't allow this happening. And I only gave an example of a muslim country, actually one that's kinda progressive, imagine the rest. And i have seen gays executed in other muslim countries. In western world, even the poorest country allows women to vote. Back to the salary issue, I still have to see that salary gap for the same position. What I have seen is some companies paying better than others.

There was a time when this was an issue but not anymore. I am from a muslim asian country and here now girls have more right rhan men. They take 70 percent of our jobs leaving men behind. We men can't find a decent job because wherever we apply they say only female required. Let's talk about western culture when a female hit male no one cares and when a male hits female police arrest him. Gone those days and now men are behind in every aspect thanks to your feminism bullshit. This is not equality this is creating a world where female has an upper hand in every field

” I’m your guardian who enslaving you, you can’t study, travel, work, or even leave the house without my permission, I can do whatever I want to you and you can’t do anything about it, I’ll beat you and you can’t report me to the police, because police consider it as a family matter and they won’t be involved, you can’t even sue me because I won’t let you leave the house, even if you sneak out the house and go to the court, the judge will decree in my side, because I can easily tell the judge about (Okouk) which means disobeying and you will be back home and I’ll make your life worse than before, or the judge can decree that you can leave the house to the Women’s Shelter ( Dar Reayat Alfatayat) which is women’s jail and you can’t leave it for the rest of your life until I accept, but I will let you rot in there as a punishment of suing me, anyways I’ll be satisfied with either ways, because it make me sure that your life is miserable, WILL YOU DARE DRAGGING ME TO COURTS?!!”.

This is the bestheartwarming, heartbreaking story as can be. Touches u to the core - acting from all an everone is superb and excellent. Being woman makes us realise how fortunate we are today BRAVO EXCELLENT

Women in so many countries and cultures are still so oppressed in so different ways that this is just a touch of what women have to go through, and what the ones before us did too. This show is great to open eyes and hearts, because this does happen.

nouraib that's good, it's about time! So your saying woman can now drive by themselves, stop and pick up a single male friend, and go dancing with him...... and they can do this without requiring permission?

Women in saudi arabia CAN drive. And hey why didn't point at the usa and uk? There is alot of rape there like in 1960's nearly 1550 women are raped in the usa!. And in 1990's it almost 2200.!!! You should point at these things.

FwazAseiri Women, girls, boys and men get raped everyday, every minute of every hours throughout the world. And i believe your numbers are quite low, those are probably the court cases won from 100k+ case that didn't make it even to trail or even reported...we do not own our own bodies, no matter what sociality tells use. If women dress up, they are criticized, if they cover up they are criticized. If we have children we are looked about even choice we make, if we have an abortion we get called whore. They are places in America that woman who are married cannot get help without the consent of her husband. I know because I wasn't allowed an IUD without my husband coming in with me. I rambled, sorry.

In Iran women have to cover their body and hair. They are not allow to sing. They can't go to the stadiums . They are not allow to have sex before marriage . Homosexual will punished by execution for the words of god. If anybody drink wine or alcohol , he/she will get lash ... see ? The handmaid's tale is Not a fictional story...

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Wow the Show is Really Different it's kind of traumatising but yet you keep returning for more cause you feel their treated unfair. So wrong in so many ways but yet it could happen to this World. I'd say it's an Amazing Show. Give it a Watch well worth your time.

And the fact that this reality is connected to islam and not christianity doesn't matter to you off course. Even in judaism women have less rights than in christianity but to make show like this with judaism or islam instead of christianity that would be politically incorrect. But would certainly be more realistic than this. Women have nowhere such rights and equality as they do in the wester civilisation (which is based on christian values) and still we somehow buy these nosence only to show how ignorant an easily manipulated we are.

@zardoz @kismetique you lived all your lives in a US bubble; check out Hungary, Poland, Ethiopia, etc. great examples of Christian countries. It's more realistic than your Western privileged butts can handle

NaomiDrapeau I wasn't referring to individual specifics, I was referring to the whole aspect of oppressed females. You actually think women are so weak as to allow this? You'd have an uprising on your hands the likes this nation has never seen if a government tried this level of oppression. The examples you cite are in fact, very real, and do happen, but not here in the states and only in other locations in the name of religious oppressions. I don't see THT as being a religion based oppression. Yes, they loosely tie it to religion, but it's a perverted form of religion. I just don't ever see women putting up with this happening here, women have become too powerful, too vocal, and too willful.

kismetique here in canada we've had issues with people bringing their girls away for FGM and come back after so it probably happens in the states also, we just don't hear about it. I do agree with you (after a year lets just say I had time to reflect on it) that this scenario is not as probable as I thought it would be.

This show is so freakin powerful, so touching, moving and frightening, just a rollercoaster of emotions. And once you start watching this, you'll be horrified to find out that we're actually not that far away from something like this happening around us. Wake up people, we don't need hate or division, we need love and unity.

kismetique Really ? Have you read a newspaper recently ? Are you aware that, as you laugh off the possibility of this dystopian future, the GOP (US Republican party) is passing laws to destroy Planned Parenthood, leaving millions of women with no health care at all ? I am not a "drama queen". I am an informed, thinking citizen and a history scholar.

kismetique you just called all the oppressed woman in the middle east drama queens? I'm appalled at the times I had to say this in the comment section to neanderthals like you... GO BACK TO YOUR FUCKING CAVE

When Margaret Atwood wrote the book in 1985, she was very particular to not include any atrocity that had not already happened to women in the world. (From biblical times to the Puritans, Middle East, and Africa, etc.)

So...yes it has happened, is happening and could happen in America as well. That is not drama. That is fact.

Guys am slightly confused and would be grateful if someone could explain to me, how are the handmaids categorised? Like june was married and had a family so why did they chose her to be a handmaids? In season 2 the black guy who helps her out has a family and a kid, so his wife was fertile too and so my question is why not his wife?🙄

educerv your civility is endearing. Yes, still being a drama queen. I'm guessing you were this upset when Obama separated families as well, correct? Yeah, didn't think so. But if you really want to be outraged how about you being outraged at the children separated from military parents who serve to keep us safe. They have no guarantees they will ever see their child again while being separated from their families defending your right to tell me to fuck off. Why are you not outraged over this? How about the children separated from their American criminal parents... or would you prefer we incarcerate children with their abusive criminal parents? We don't do that in America. Here, we remove children from parents for child endangerment and place them in a healthy environment. Why you support illegals over our military is beyond me! It's ludicrous and disgusting. My only guess is, you are addicted to that cheap labor for your maids, nannies and pool boys. Buck up... pay Americans a decent wage to do these jobs. Protesting for the rights of illegals while ignoring American homeless and hungry children is beyond the pale!

ToulouseSavante women do NOT need PP in order to get health care here in America. If, as you say, you are an informed, thinking citizen, then you already know this and your comment is tantamount to being overly dramatic.... in other words, a drama queen.